Full text of Utah Utah Code § 32b-102 — Definitions., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 32b-102. Definitions.
Effective 5/6/2026 77-32b-102.
Definitions. As used in this chapter:
(1)
"Board" means the Board of Pardons and Parole.
(2)
(a)
"Civil accounts receivable" means any amount of the criminal accounts receivable that is owed by the defendant that has not been paid on or before the day on which:
(i)
the defendant's sentence is terminated; or
(ii)
the court enters an order for a civil accounts receivable under Subsection 77-18-114(1) or (2).
(b)
"Civil accounts receivable" does not include any amount of the criminal accounts receivable that is owed by the defendant for restitution.
(3)
"Civil judgment of restitution" means any amount of the criminal accounts receivable that is owed by the defendant for restitution that has not been paid on or before the day on which the defendant's sentence is terminated.
(4)
(a)
"Criminal accounts receivable" means any amount owed by a defendant that arises from a criminal judgment until:
(i)
the defendant's sentence terminates;
(ii)
the court enters an order for a civil accounts receivable under Subsection 77-18-114(1) or (2); or
(iii)
if the court requires the defendant, upon termination of the probation period for the defendant, to continue to make payments on the criminal accounts as described in Subsection 77-18-105(8), the defendant's sentence expires.
(b)
"Criminal accounts receivable" includes any unpaid:
(i)
fee;
(ii)
forfeiture;
(iii)
surcharge;
(iv)
cost;
(v)
interest;
(vi)
penalty;
(vii)
restitution;
(viii)
third party claim;
(ix)
reimbursement of a reward; and
(x)
damages.
(c)
"Criminal accounts receivable" does not include any unpaid monthly supervision fee collected under Subsection 64-14-204(6) from an offender on probation or parole by the Division of Adult Probation and Parole created in Section 64-14-202.
(5)
"Default" means a civil accounts receivable, a civil judgment of restitution, or a criminal accounts receivable that is overdue by at least 90 days.
(6)
"Delinquent" means a civil accounts receivable, a civil judgment of restitution, or a criminal account receivable that is overdue by more than 28 days but less than 90 days.
(7)
"Payment schedule" means the amount that is be paid by a defendant in installments, or by a certain date, to satisfy a criminal accounts receivable for the defendant.
(8)
"Remit" or "remission" means to forgive or to excuse, in whole or in part, any unpaid amount of a criminal accounts receivable.
(9)
"Restitution" means the same as that term is defined in Section 77-38b-102.
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